Congratulations to US Champion Hikaru Nakamura, who advanced to round five of the
World Cup in Baku after defeating Michael Adams.

Only eight players will remain after a few playoffs tomorrow, and Nakamura will face the winner of Eljanov-Jakovenko. See full bracket here.

Nakamura wrote on his facebook fanpage,
" I will never forget watching (Adams) defeat Nick
De Firmian in a spectacular Marshall Gambit in New York City in 1996. As a
young kid who had just started playing chess, I found the game to be truly
fascinating. There is something surreal about playing against people whom you
once idolized."

GM s Wesley So and Fabiano Caruana were both eliminated in
round four of the World Cup by GMs Maxime Vachier La-Grave and Mamedyarov.